# Lead Software Engineer: AI for Hardware Verification at Cadence

- Company: Cadence
- What the company does: Cadence delivers remote patient monitoring and chronic disease management that improves outcomes and reduces cost at scale. Intelligent senior care that works better by working ahead. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://www.cadence.care/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: SAN JOSE
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $119K to $221K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-28
- Apply by: 2026-11-12
- Apply: https://cadence.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Careers/job/SAN-JOSE/Lead-Software-Engineer--AI-for-Hardware-Verification_R56507
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cadence-lead-software-engineer-ai-for-hardware-verification/

## About the role

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to impact the world of technology. Cadence has been nominated as a Great Place to Work globally and is also a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For . As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be part of the HSV Software team in the SVG group in San Jose, California.

## What they're looking for

- Strong Python skills and software engineering fundamentals, including APIs, testing, debugging, maintainability, Unix/Linux environments, and distributed development workflows
- Understanding of modern RAG and agentic AI patterns, including retrieval, chunking, embeddings, vector or hybrid search, reranking, tool calling, workflow orchestration, human-in-the-loop review, and traceability


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